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[selig]

Coming from the mute or chatty-topic, this came to my mind: Have there ever been video games that featured you playing a fat guy - and not just a little bigger than average belly, but FAT - that is NOT a comedic kind of game? A game with a serious, epic story, and you´re an obese fat-guy.
Was that ever covered, or dont deserve fat guys non-comedy appearances?

 

[Son of Godzilla]

That shitty sega launch 360 game?

 

[Unknown Soldier]

You can make C.J. pretty fat in GTA San Andreas.

 

[Aske]

Do old WWF games count? I remember playing as Earthquake in one of those.

 

[Brashnir]

You can make C.J. pretty fat in GTA San Andreas.

yeah, but default CJ is really skinny. There's the fat Drake thing in Uncharted too, but it's not the default character.

Edit - this topic makes me want a game where you play as Willam from Mallrats.

Spoiler

at the end, you finally get to see the sailboat.

 

[jiggle]

fat drake?

 

[fabprems]

Coming from the mute or chatty-topic, this came to my mind: Have there ever been video games that featured you playing a fat guy - and not just a little bigger than average belly, but FAT - that is NOT a comedic kind of game? A game with a serious, epic story, and you´re an obese fat-guy.
Was that ever covered, or dont deserve fat guys non-comedy appearances?

No one wants to play a fat character ! You should know that white - 20s-30s - dark hair / bald - ill-shaven - male characters is the only hero you want to play in a videogame (with or without dark brown-grey-green armor).

 

[DIrtyWeasel]

Wario is fat. Mario is pretty chunky too.

 

[Aske]

Here you go. Earthquake was fat and bald, so it was a double-whammy of affirmative action for middle-aged male videogame fans.

Edit - just re-read the OP. "Serious, epic story." Hmm. Possibly not what you were looking for.

 

[JWong]

Fat Princess. 8D

 

[Brashnir]

Here you go. Earthquake was fat and bald, so it was a double-whammy of affirmative action for middle-aged male videogame fans.

That game was totally awesome and all, but it hardly fits the description in the OP.

A game with a serious, epic story, and you´re an obese fat-guy.

 

[MNC]

I think Wario's closest.

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

Wario is fat. Mario is pretty chunky too.

Was about to say Mario. But I can't think of a character in a serious game.

 

[Aske]

I think Wario's closest.

I was tearing my hair out for not thinking of Mario or Wario because their fat is incidental rather than character defining...But the epic story criteria kills it.

 

[Cast-Iron]

Lucia from Devil May Cry 2. Or at least, her ass

 

[Aske]

Was the protagonist of Condemned 1 fat? I can't remember, but I think he was chunky at the very least.

 

[fresquito]

Left 4 Dead 2 has a fat guy. He's also black, so you get a black main and a fat main at once.

Valve fights against prejudices!

 

[Sew]

...albeit temporary. But yeah, pretty sexual.

 

[Brashnir]

I was tearing my hair out for not thinking of Mario or Wario because their fat is incidental rather than character defining...But the epic story criteria kills it.

The Mario RPGs have some pretty epic stories, but I haven't played any Wario games with big stories.

I'm really struggling to think of any more. Frank West is carrying a few extra pounds, but definitely doesn't fall into the obese category. The kid from Bully (name escapes me at the moment) is pretty chunky too, but not really a fatty.

 

[Alex Anderson]

 

[HK-47]

Was the protagonist of Condemned 1 fat? I can't remember, but I think he was chunky at the very least.

Nah he wasnt fat.

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

Left 4 Dead 2 has a fat guy. He's also black, so you get a black main and a fat main at once.

Valve fights against prejudices!

He's not fat! Coach may have a voluptuous tummy but that guy is stacked.

 

[jiggle]

tarutarus and galkas are pretty fat too

also ganz rothschild from radiata stories
yangus from DQ8

 

[Aske]

I'm really struggling to think of any more.

There must be a movie tie-in game with a tubby lead. I'm wracking my brains...

 

[BooJoh]

I honestly haven't played any of the games to know if it's used in a comedic manner, but Torneko from the Dragon Quest series is pretty portly.

 

[Sew]

Does Homer Simpson count?

[edit] Not if you READ THE OP, idiot.

 

[fresquito]

He's not fat! Coach may have a voluptuous tummy but that guy is stacked.

I think I hit a sore spot here

 

[BitchTits]

:lol

 

[spats]

ctrl+f Max Payne. :OO

edit: guess he's not fat fat but still a nasty beer belly.

edit2: disregard completely. Max Payne 3 is dead to me.

 

[nightez]

Fat Princess


and

Mario

 

[selig]

ah, i just remembered a single one:

Maximilian Roivas from Eternal Darkness. That was really well done. He was slow, ran out of fatigue quickly and was fatter than just a bit.

I really think there should be some serious games featuring fat guys, afterall, millions of people are fat, even more considered overweight. Especially in the US, that has a strong developer scene. I´d love to see such characters, that come with all their weaknesses (no fast, permanent running around for example).

Any other examples like the above?

 

[GhaleonQ]

Excluding real-life fat guys in strategy games, how about Eddie Riggs? He's husky and muscular, but still fat, right?

 

[HK-47]

He's not fat! Coach may have a voluptuous tummy but that guy is stacked.

Dude Coach even admits he let himself go a little too much.

 

[Awntawn]

Rufus

 

[GDGF]

 

[Deleted member 30609]

one of the Heavy Rain leads? the old cop guy?

haven't really seen him properly.

 

[Zzoram]

Most games with epic storylines have a soldier of some sort as the main protagonist. Let's face it, fat people don't make the best soldiers. They certainly couldn't handle all the running around in RPGs.

 

[dak1dsk1]

Chubby Gristle.

 

[speculawyer]

Chuck Rock?

 

[crasherball]

ohhh yeaaa

 

[akachan ningen]

 

[StarEye]

Fatman - The Caped Consumer

 

[Steroyd]

?

There was also some Tomb Raider ripoff that had the main character fat, think it was a PC game.

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

How about the Torneko games? I mean, it's not super-serious or anything, but it's not played as comedy either.

Torneko is seriously one of the most respectable video game characters ever created.

 

[viewtiful_dru]

ohhh yeaaa

but he's skinny at the end!

I GOT ONE

KARNOV.
He might have been kinda stacked in the original game, but he was a real butterball in Karnov's Revenge!

 

[Shotgun Kiss]

Karnov.

EDIT: OH FOR FUCKS SAKE

 

[glaurung]

Scrolled down and did not find the chubby Donut Drake skin.

What gives, GAF?

 

[Everdred]

:lol

 

[Aspiring]

Heavy Rain? Granted you play as 4 characters, one of them is fat. And its a serious adult game.

 

[twenty1]

Boogerman for the SEGA Genensis!